Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. In two cases or on two occasions; two times: I rewrote the essay twice.
- adv. In doubled degree or amount: twice as many.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Two times; on two occasions; in two instances.
- In twofold degree or quantity; doubly.
- The second time; by or on a second trial, performance, etc.
- Occurring twice.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. Two times; once and again.
- adv. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to double the degree
- adv. two times
Etymologies
- From twi- meaning two or both. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English twiga; see dwo- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I hadn't realised that C was still in the running though - it may require twice as many LOC, but it's ~twice as popular programmer wise?.”
“It is evident, therefore, that each year an immense number of birds must perish -- as many in fact as are born; and as on the lowest calculation the progeny are each year twice as numerous as their parents, it follows that, whatever be the average number of individuals existing in any given country, _twice that number must perish annually_, -- a striking result, but one which seems at least highly probable, and is perhaps under rather than over the truth.”
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
“Adverting to a project for forming a railway to Woolwich, by which passengers were to be drawn by locomotive engines, moving with twice the velocity of ordinary coaches, the reviewer observed: — “What can be more palpably absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling _twice as fast_ as stagecoaches!”
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson
“A Profile of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, the all-male talking heads mention her name twice with no evaluation whatsoever of her performance.”
“He hears Josh call his name twice and again the Russian's laughter before he reaches the door and then the light of the street.”
“The boss called my name twice from the threshold before I heard her.”
“That's a lot of scratch for pictures of Katherine Heigl getting Starbucks, but according to Kelly, the magazine is not only "lucrative" (he uses the term twice), but profitable as well:”
“Wilbur Carlisle had to say her name twice to gain her attention.”
“Doyler Doyle: had to take the name twice to be sure of it.”
“I had to call her name twice before she pocketed the bag and hurried over.”
Lists
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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May12CV
badge value, rap, used to, hold, takes place, suddenly, perceived, constitutes, knock off, hedonic, tinkering, tedious and 22 more...
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